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title: "Community Pharmacy Scheme for On Demand Availability of Drugs for Palliative Care CPS001"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-044554"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS SURREY HEARTLANDS ICB"
published: "2024-04-03"
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# Community Pharmacy Scheme for On Demand Availability of Drugs for Palliative Care CPS001

Buyer: NHS SURREY HEARTLANDS ICB  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-044554

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## Summary

The NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB has recently initiated a procurement process for the "Community Pharmacy Scheme for On Demand Availability of Drugs for Palliative Care CPS001". This service falls under the main procurement category of services and is aimed at providing immediate and consistent access to palliative care medication across Surrey. The contract has been awarded to Boots UK Ltd with a value of £6,300, marking the start of a two-year service provision period from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2026.

This tender presents opportunities for pharmacies located in Surrey Heartlands to participate and provide essential pharmacy services to support end-of-life care. Businesses focused on medical services and pharmacy operations would be well-suited to compete in this procurement. The NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB is the buying organisation overseeing this process, and the procurement method used is a limited award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The intention is to award the contract under the Provider Selection Regime, with a focus on improving access to healthcare, fostering collaboration, ensuring service quality, achieving value for money, and contributing to social value within the local community.

## Notice

CPV Code 85149000-5 applies - Pharmacy services, but not including community pharmacy services that are arranged under The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013. This is a Primary Care Locally Commissioned Service entitled Community Pharmacy Scheme for the On Demand Availability of Drugs for Palliative Care (ODADPC). The service provides immediate and consistent access to palliative care medication across Surrey with the ultimate aim of providing the best level of End-of-Life care in the last weeks of a patient's life. The service supports patients to live and die in their place of choice and to reduce inappropriate admissions in the last weeks of life. Early warning is provided to Community Pharmacies from the Palliative Care Consultant, GP, District Nurse or Palliative Care Nurse about the type and volume of drugs the patient is using to enable appointed Community Pharmacies to be prepared for necessary prescriptions. The ODADPC LCS is not a service commissioned nationally by NHSE, and the service commissioned by Surrey Heartlands ICB is outside of Community Pharmacy's National contract. Therefore, a gap remains which Surrey Heartlands ICB fills using this LCS and which means the service falls within the scope of the PSR.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Surrey Heartlands ICB intends to award a contract to an existing provider under Direct Award Process C for Community Pharmacy Scheme for On Demand Availability of Drugs for Palliative Care. This is a Primary Care Locally Commissioned Service which provides immediate and consistent access to palliative care medication across Surrey with the ultimate aim of providing the best level of End-of-Life care in the last weeks of a patient's life. The service supports patients to live and die in their place of choice and to reduce inappropriate admissions in the last weeks of life. Early warning is provided to Community Pharmacies from the Palliative Care Consultant, GP, District Nurse or Palliative Care Nurse about the type and volume of drugs the patient is using to enable appointed Community Pharmacies to be prepared for necessary prescriptions. The ODADPC LCS is not a service commissioned nationally by NHSE, and the service commissioned by Surrey Heartlands ICB is outside of Community Pharmacy's National contract. Therefore, a gap remains which Surrey Heartlands ICB fills using this LCS and which means the service falls within the scope of the PSR. The contract term is two years with a value of PS6,300.00 from 1st April 2024 - 31st March 2026.

### Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 13 March 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR'

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010691-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Apr 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 26 Feb 2024 |
| Contract period | 2 Apr 2024 - 31 Mar 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £8,400 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS SURREY HEARTLANDS ICB |
| Locality | WOKING |
| Post town | Kingston upon Thames |
| Postcode | KT22 9AE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |
| ITL 3 | TLJ26 East Surrey |
| Local authority | Mole Valley |
| Electoral ward | Leatherhead South |
| Westminster constituency | Epsom and Ewell |
| Delivery location | TLJ25 West Surrey, TLJ26 East Surrey |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BOOTS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85141000 - Services provided by medical personnel
- 85149000 - Pharmacy services

## Release History

- 3 Apr 2024 at 09:24 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010691-2024
- 2 Apr 2024 at 10:01 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010524-2024
- 4 Mar 2024 at 17:31 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006908-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.surreyheartlands.org

## Provenance

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